EPPO Global Database

Spodoptera littoralis(SPODLI)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 1960s
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent (2014-06).
From CABI Pest map 232 (1967): Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
Glasshouse infestations only. Found but not established in England. All introductions eradicated. Very rarely found by 1998 (EPPO Conference in Pruhonice). Officially declared 'absent' in 2014.
References
* Aitkenhead, P.; Baker, C. R. B.; Chickera, G. W. D. de (1974) Plant Pathology 23 (3), 117-118.
------- An outbreak of the pest occurred in a glasshouse in north London in September 1973 and was successfully brought under control.

* Kennard, A. (1985) Entomologist's Gazette 36 (3), 180
------- An adult male of S. littoralis was captured in a light trap in England in June 1983.

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2014-06).